English-French translations for distant

• distant
  On nous reproche souvent d'être distants. We tend to be criticised for being distant.
  Les femmes considèrent souvent le processus décisionnel comme trop distant, abstrait et prétentieux. Women often see EU decision-making as too distant, abstract and highfalutin.
  Un grand nombre d'administrés pensent que l'Europe est plus distante qu'elle ne l'a jamais été, et nous devons examiner cela sans attendre. Many constituents feel that Europe is as distant as it ever was and we have to address this urgently.
• éloigné
  Nous ne parlons pas d'un avenir très éloigné. We are not talking about the very distant future.
  Il y a quelques jour, l’Ukraine nous semblait bien éloignée. Just a few days ago Ukraine seemed a distant place.
  Peut-être que la Commission est capable de se comporter ainsi parce qu’elle est plus éloignée des gens. Maybe the Commission can behave that way since it is more distant from the people.
• lointain
  Le sida n’est pas une lointaine réalité. AIDS is not a distant reality.
  Pour les voisins ordinaires, l'UE est en train de devenir une contrée lointaine. For ordinary neighbours the EU is becoming a distant land.
  Leur accès à notre Union peut parfois sembler bien lointain. Their door to our Union might sometimes be a very distant one.

Definition of distant

• Far off (physically, logically or mentally
• Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings

Examples

• We heard a distant rumbling but didnt pay any more attention to it.   She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers.   His distant look showed that he was not listening to me
• Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me

Related words

• equidistant
• distantly
• distant opposition
• distant blue
• distant learning
• distant sound
• far; distant
• be distant
• dim and distant